Countdown Stories

One day, every phone in the world receives the same message: "7 days later, the world will end." At first, everyone thinks it's a prank. But when strange things begin to happen, people realize it might be true. Olivia, an ordinary girl, suddenly discovers that she is one of the seven chosen people who can stop the end of the world. The problem is-she has only seven days to find the other six. If the seven of them meet before time runs out, the world might survive. But if they fail... everything will disappear forever. Time is running out. Seven days. Seven people. One chance to save the world. 🌍⏳

In the magical town of Amorville, the only thing more dangerous than falling in love is failing to. With Valentine's Day approaching and a curse counting down to eternal loneliness, Sandhya has fourteen days to find a soulmate - or be branded unlovable forever. Desperate times call for forbidden measures, forcing her to bend the rules of fate before the last petal drops. Fourteen days, fourteen illegal spells to win the heart of one perfect, pre-approved golden boy - destined by magic and allegedly impossible to mess up. But when each spell comes with a twisted consequence, glitching her fairytale romance into a spiral of glittery disasters and public humiliations, she finds herself pulled into the orbit of a grumpy, enigmatic shopkeeper who seems to know the dark price of a magically manufactured 'happily ever after' a little too well. As the magic starts to fade, Sandhya realises the true cost of her crime. Because when the clock strikes twelve on Valentine's Day, she won't just lose her final chance at love - she'll become the warning story everyone tells about the expiry of a soulmate spell.

On Elena Chen's fortieth birthday, a number appears on her palm: [30]. Thirty chances. Thirty memories. Thirty opportunities to understand why every relationship she's ever had has ended the same way-with her running. A mysterious painting arrives showing six panels across six centuries. All with her face. And a man named Adrian who claims he's been waiting six hundred years for her to wake up. Each memory costs her. Each time she chooses fear over love, the countdown drops. When it reaches zero, she'll forget everything and repeat the cycle. Forever. But if she chooses to remember-if she faces every moment of cowardice across six lifetimes-the price isn't hers to pay. It's his. *Kintsugi: the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.* *Some scars aren't meant to be hidden.* *Some scars are meant to shine.* 🏆 Entry for Open Novella Contest 2026 | Prompt #53 Content Warning: Mature themes including death across timelines, emotional patterns, LGBTQ+ relationships (historical period), war trauma (WWII), and discussions of obsessive behavior. Recommended for readers 16+.

❝ hands up, asshole ❞ ━━ riley taylors is forced to join a task force and is forced to work with mark meachum, who seems very keen on flirting with her at every chance he gets, and he only smirks when she flips him off in response mark meachum / oc countdown Published ━ march 2026 Completed ━ Story Status ━ ongoing Cover Made By ━ me

mirage | an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved. At twenty-nine, Effie has made peace with being the one person in town whose soulmate mark had never appeared. That is until she wakes up with a name wrapped around her throat, attached to a countdown she doesn't understand. She has a blind date to endure so she ignores it. Only the man sitting across the table from her is the one who's been haunting her nightmares for the past month. He's not from her small town. He's not human either. The mark around her neck isn't some promise of love. It's his deadline. And he's come to make sure she doesn't survive him. ✓ Main Prompt: 53. Your 53. soulmate mark appears at last, but instead of a curse it's a countdown.

Your soulmate mark appears at last, but instead of a name, it's a countdown. Jungkook ff

Summary: Po is starting to get the hang of being the Valley of Peace's new teacher following the defeat of Kai. But although he's learned the key to bettering both new and old students, being the Great Dragon Teacher is still going to come with some hard curveballs. This story will be published weekly as a countdown to Kung Fu Panda 4 which will air March 8, 2024. <actually finished on {insert date} because I mentally couldn't write for a while>

Here is Nightmare's Christmas Count down for 2016! With lots of gifts, prizes, and much more! Cover Made by @love_1_234

A thrilling fantasy romance

Lila never believed in predictions-until the app LifeMap told her exactly when she would make a mistake. At first, it seemed harmless, but soon friends vanished, strangers acted strangely, and every choice felt controlled. Now, Lila must uncover the secret behind LifeMap before it predicts a fate she can't escape-and discovers that some algorithms aren't just smart... they're deadly.

"And at 00:00, he came back." All it took was one wish for Kwon Hyejin to have a full day together with her long dead boyfriend, curing both her broken and unfulfilled heart. 🕛 A short story entry for The Paradise Awards 2020's mini contest, inspired by the BTS' song "Zero o' clock". #10 in countdown Whole book word count: 2,092

When Sougo has to go on a mission and won't be around for Christmas Kagura gets sad and wants to spend Christmas with him. However Sougo gives Kagura a promise before he leaves. Basically I suck at descriptions and it'll just be a Christmas book based on their count down to Christmas and seeing each other.

what if you had a clock on your wrist that counted down the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds until you would meet your soulmate?

Enjoy twelve stories featuring Jean, Reg, Wilf and Cissy (And some music here and there) Twelve different scenarios imagining how our beloved quartet might spend the festive season. From merry and bright to winter of discontent, there's a bit of everything. I hope you enjoy them. Merry Christmas 🎄 Disclaimer: Yes, the Twelve Days of Christmas are after Christmas but at times like this, why wait. Also a very wise person told me "it's your account, you can do whatever you like" and I believe she's right 😇

Angela is a normal Black butler lovin' fan when all of a sudden the real Claude Faustus talks with her. They make a protection contract so that Claude will be hers while Alois Trancy learns from Angela. As she tries to deal with them, she gets another shock; all the other characters are real, and all of them want her for their own reasons. Find out what happens when she goes through Trancy vs. Phantomhive the sequel!

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I HAVE MADE A COUNTDOWN ART CHALLENGE. :DDD I WILL POST ONE PROMPT A DAY LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS. I KNOW ITS A LITTLE LATE BUT EH.

Dark, someone who doesn't believe in soulmates or love, is moving to a new town to get away from the paparazzi. Before he and her family move to the new town though, his doctor gives Dark and his family some shocking news.